Reviews of The Word Exchange

“A nervy, nerdy dystopian thriller. . . . Combines the jaunty energy of youngish adult fiction with the spine-tingling chill of the science ­fiction conspiracy genre. . . . [Graedon achieves] the singular feat of turning the alphabet into a cliffhanger.” —The New York Times Book Review

“A sobering look at how dependent we are on technology and how susceptible we are to the distortions of language.” —The Washington Post

“Wildly ambitious, darkly intellectual and inventive. . . . Students of linguistics may run screaming from this dystopian nightmare by Brooklyn-based debut novelist Graedon, but diligent fans of Neal Stephenson or Max Barry will be richly rewarded by a complex thriller.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Spectacular. . . . [Graedon's] novel is rife with literary allusions and philosophical wormholes that aren't only decorative but integral to characters' abilities and limitations in communicating, and it succeeds precisely because it’s as full of humanity as it is of mystery and intellectual prowess.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review